JP2009187663A - Information processing system and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing system and information processing method which transforms music information such as song title relating to a music file and artist name into audio information and informs a user about the music information by reproducing the transformed audio information on an audio reproducing system. <P>SOLUTION: The information processing system comprises a means for creating audio information by transforming the information relating to the music file into audio information, and a means for transmitting the music file and audio information to the connected audio reproducing system. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides information that informs the user of music information by converting music information such as a song name and artist name related to a music file to voice information externally and reproducing the converted voice information on the voice playback device side. The present invention relates to a processing apparatus and an information processing method.

  As a conventional technique, for example, there is an audio reproducing apparatus that synthesizes music information inside an audio reproducing apparatus and informs the user of the music information as audio before the music starts (for example, Patent Document 1).

  According to this audio playback device, when a song that the user wants to listen to is recorded, accompanying information such as the title and artist name of the song accompanying the song is voiced inside the audio playback device and the song is played back. By reproducing the accompanying information voiced at the beginning of the music, it becomes possible to know the accompanying information without looking at the display unit.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-210065

  However, in the conventional audio reproducing apparatus, the music information is reproduced before the music is reproduced, and the user cannot know the music information at an arbitrary time. In addition, since voice is generated inside the audio playback device, a control unit having a high processing capability must be used, which increases costs.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that can obtain music information at any time that the user wants to know without using a control unit with high processing capability on the audio playback device side. There is.

  One aspect of the present invention includes: means for generating information by making sound related to a music file into sound; and means for transmitting the music file and the sound information to a connected sound reproducing device. An information processing apparatus is provided.

  According to this configuration, it is not necessary to synthesize information related to the music file inside the audio reproduction device, and the audio reproduction device can be made without using a control unit having a high processing capacity on the audio reproduction device side. it can.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the steps relating to the creation of voiced information by voiceizing information related to a music file, and the step of transmitting the music file and the voiced information to a connected voice playback device, An information processing method including the above is provided.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to know information related to the music file via the audio reproduction device at any time the user wants to know.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to know information related to a music file at any time the user wants to know.

(A) is the schematic from the front of the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. (B) is the schematic from the side of the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a software schematic diagram of the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart about the production | generation of the music file using PC regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart about the registration process of the music information in the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the management information file regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart about the reproduction | regeneration processing of the music information audio | voice file in the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart about the reproduction | regeneration processing of the music information audio | voice file at the time of reproduction | regeneration stop with the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart about the reproduction | regeneration processing of the music information audio | voice file at the time of reproduction | regeneration with the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention.

  In the following, an embodiment of a sound reproducing apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment]
(Configuration of audio playback device)
Fig.1 (a) is the schematic from the front of the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention.

  The audio reproduction device 10 includes a main body 100 having an electronic component such as a control unit therein, a display unit 101 that displays a song name, an artist name, and the like of a song, and an input button group 102 that is used for reproduction, volume adjustment, and the like. Have

  The input button group 102 adjusts the volume of the music, the fast-forward button 102a for fast-forwarding the music, the play / pause button 102b for playing or pausing the music, the rewind button 102c for rewinding the music, and the music volume. A volume control button 102d and an information button 102e for reproducing the music information audio file 603 are provided.

  FIG.1 (b) is the schematic from the side of the audio | voice reproduction apparatus regarding embodiment of this invention.

  The audio reproduction device 10 has, on the side, an audio output unit 103 that can transmit a reproduction signal to the outside, and an external input / output unit 104 as a communication unit that communicates with an external device such as a PC (Personal Computer) 30. Have

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an audio reproduction device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  An operation signal generator 105 that outputs an operation signal by operating the input button group 102, an external input / output unit 104 that exchanges the PC 30 and the compressed music file 602, and the compressed music file 602 obtained through communication with an external device. The first storage unit 200 that stores the software, the second storage unit 201 that stores the software 20 and the like, the third storage unit 202 that temporarily stores the work status of the control unit 204, and the like, converts from digital to analog Output D / A converter 203, control unit 204 for comprehensively managing the reproduction of music, reproduction unit 205 for reproducing compressed music file 602 and the like and outputting a reproduction signal, and reproduction signal to the outside An audio output unit 103 that can transmit data, and a display unit 101 that displays a music name, an artist name, and the like of the music are included.

(Software configuration)
FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the software of the sound reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The software 20 includes an application group 3000, an operating system 301, and a driver group 3001, and a device group 2000 as hardware corresponding to each of the drivers 302 to 309 is connected. The software 20 is stored in the second storage unit 201 and is processed and operated by the control unit 204.

  The application group 3000 includes a mode control 300A for controlling reproduction and the like, a menu process 300B for processing various menu items, and a reproduction process 300C for performing an expansion process for the compressed music file 602 and the like.

  The operating system 301 manages the application group 3000 and the driver group 3001 in an integrated manner.

  The driver group 3001 manages the communication driver 302 that manages the external input / output unit 104, the media driver 303 that manages the first, second, and third storage units 200 to 202, and the D / A conversion unit 203. A D / A driver 304; a display driver 305 that manages a display unit 101 that displays the name of a song, an artist name, and the like; an input driver 306 that manages an operation signal generation unit 105; and an audio that manages an audio output unit 103 An output driver 307, a control driver 308 that manages the control unit 204, and a playback driver 309 that manages the playback unit 205 are included.

(Operation)
Hereinafter, the operation of the audio reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process of creating a compressed music file using a PC in the embodiment of the present invention.

  A user creates a music file such as a CD that the user wants to import into the audio playback device 10 as a compressed music file 602 on the PC 30 (s41). The music information as the accompanying information in the form of text related to the captured compressed music file 602 is acquired from the database on the Internet (s42). The text-formed music information associated with the compressed music file 602 is voiced using a voice synthesis function provided in the PC 30 to create a music information audio file 603 (s43). The created music information audio file 603 and compressed music file 602 are transferred from the PC 30 to the audio reproduction device 10 and the process is terminated (s44).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the music information audio file registration process in the audio reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. This will be described with reference to the schematic structure diagram of the management information file in FIG.

  The compressed music file 602, music information audio file 603, and music information created by the PC 30 are transferred to the audio reproducing apparatus (s51). The song name, artist name, etc. of the transferred song information are associated with the compressed song file 602 and added to the management information file 601, and the operation is terminated (s52). As a result, the management information file 601 is organized in association with the compressed music file 602 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart about the reproduction processing of the music information audio file in the audio reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  When the information button 102e is pressed while playing the compressed music file 602 (s71) (s72; Yes), the control unit 204 plays the music information audio file 603 related to the compressed music file 602 from the management information file 601. (S73).

  If the information button 102e is not depressed in step s72 (s72; No), the process proceeds to step s74.

  After the music information audio file 603 is reproduced, it is confirmed whether or not the music reproduction is finished. If it is finished (s74; Yes), the operation is terminated.

  Here, when the music reproduction does not end in step s74 (s74; No), the process returns to step s72 and the processing is continued.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart about the reproduction processing of the music information audio file when reproduction is stopped in the audio reproduction apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  When playback is stopped (s81) and the information button 102e is pressed (s82; Yes), the control unit 204 plays the music information audio file 603 related to the compressed music file 602 from the management information file 601 and ends the process. (S83).

  If the information button 102e is not depressed in step s82 (s82; No), the process returns to step s81.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart about the reproduction processing of the music information audio file in the audio reproducing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  When the user depresses the information button 102e, the control unit 204 searches the management information file 601 for a music information audio file 603 related to the compressed music file 602 being currently reproduced (s91). When the search is completed, the reproduction of the compressed music file 602 is paused (s92). After being paused, the searched music information audio file 603 is reproduced (s93). When the reproduction of the music information audio file 603 is completed, the reproduction of the compressed music file 602 is resumed (s94).

(Effect of embodiment)
According to the above-described embodiment, even when the user cannot see the display unit 101 of the audio reproduction device 10, the desired information can be obtained at any desired time.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Audio | voice reproduction apparatus, 20 ... Software, 30 ... Personal computer, 100 ... Main body, 101 ... Display part, 102 ... Input button group, 102a ... Fast-forward button, 102b ... Play / pause button, 102c ... Rewind button, 102d ... Volume adjustment button, 102e ... Information button, 103 ... Audio output unit, 104 ... External input / output unit, 105 ... Operation signal generator 200 ... First storage unit 201 ... Second storage unit 202 ... Third storage unit 203 ... D / A conversion unit 204 ... Control Part, 300A ... mode control, 300B ... menu processing, 300C ... reproduction processing, 301 ... operating system, 302 ... communication driver, 303 ... media driver, 3 4 ... D / A driver, 305 ... display driver, 306 ... input driver, 307 ... audio output driver, 308 ... control driver, 309 ... playback driver, 601 ... management Information file, 602 ... compressed music file, 603 ... music information audio file, 2000 ... device group, 3000 ... application group, 3001 ... driver group

Claims (6)

Means for creating information by making the information related to the music file into sound,
Means for transmitting the music file and the audio information to a connected audio playback device;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for acquiring information related to the music file from a database on the Internet.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the voice information includes at least one of a music title, an album title, and an artist name. Creating voice information by voiceizing information related to the music file;
Transmitting the music file and the audio information to a connected audio playback device;
An information processing method including:   The information processing method according to claim 4, further comprising a step of acquiring information related to the music file from a database on the Internet.   The information processing method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the voice information includes at least one of a music title, an album title, and an artist name.

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